Tossers-in-the-Tejeda VI ride report

[bandit]

Tyres changed on both bikes, pluss mooooses in the 500.

Im ready.

 

[bandit]

Fitted new tyres and ultra heavy duty tubes... Trouble is Ive got a hell of a wheel out of balance problem

Ok at 70 - 80 is getting scary, at 90 the bars a flapping alarmingly !

Ultra heavy duty, not for highway use ! Dont they over heat with prolonged highway use ?

Have you worked out how many fuel stops ypu will do, and how much bum cream will be needed ?

 

[bandit]

Cunning plan

Tuesday pm
Pick up van. Load both bikes into van.
Drive over to gregs
Unload one bike.
Back to mine, pack and sleep.

Wednesday am
Early ride to portsmouth
Brunch in portsmouth
Board ferry
Snooze, couple of beers etc.

Thursday
Arrive bilbao
Ride to parador de cuenca
Dinner, wine snooze etc

Friday
Lazy breakfast
Ride to competa
Stop for lunch on route, maybe a snooze
Arrive alberdini afternoon, feet up, beer, await arrival of the crowd.

 

[Wreford Miles]

Ultra heavy duty, not for highway use ! Dont they over heat with prolonged highway use ?

Have you worked out how many fuel stops ypu will do, and how much bum cream will be needed ?

running high psi keeps the temp low - I hope

1440 miles and 15 fuel stops is the plan

leave at 17:00 on Friday with the ambition to be at the hotel by 17:00 the next day - assuming I get on French soil by 22:00 French time I'll need to average including stops 70MPH

... I might be a bit later than 17:00


Can I just rock up at the Channel tunnel barrier and buy a ticket?

 

[Greg Masters]

leave at 17:00 on Friday ......

... I might be a bit later than 17:00

Send us a text when you're leaving - we'll all be in the Alberdini bar.



If you arrive after we've all gone to bed on Saturday/Sunday/Monday, your room key will be under the door mat.

 

[finn]

So a week today we will all be scratching our heads blaming wreford for coming last in the quiz!
My money is on 3am Sunday arrival €5

 

[Wreford Miles]

Just trying to decide via Paris or Rouen, I've always taken the Rouen route in the past.

This time I want to take the fastest and the one with the most service stations.

I'm going to try and get away a few hours earlier (15:00) and hopefully be on French soil @ 19:00

Location is in the SatNav and street view has been viewed - reckon Ill be in time for the quiz, but of no use, I'll be going straight to bed!

Been out setting up the lights tonight, got some amber filters for the LEDs much kinder on the eye

 

[Greg Masters]

I would go via Rouen myself - the road from Calais is fast and only has one peage station. Then head to Tours, Bordeaux, Beer Ritz, Burgos, Madrid, Granada.

From Granada, head straight to Motril and take the fast coast road to Nerja before heading back inland and up the mountain to Competa. Don't be tempted to take a shorter route between Granada and Competa.

 

[finn]

Check those service stations are all 24 hrs as well

 

[Greg Masters]

.....reckon Ill be in time for the quiz .....

You'll have to be going some!

(The quiz is on Friday evening)

 

[Wreford Miles]

Check those service stations are all 24 hrs as well

Not much I can do about that....

With my spare fuel Ive got about 230 max

 

[bandit]

Bikes all ready

 

[sergeuk]

Have a great week all of you, that 6 days looks in better condition with every year that passes! , I'm very jealous of you all, have fun Rog

 

[Greg Masters]

Bandit is on his way; the van (aspiring + MrTickle) left at 4am this morning.

 

[darkhorse]

Bandit is on his way; the van (aspiring + MrTickle) left at 4am this morning.

This time tomorrow I will hopefully be boarding the plane, ready to go. See you there.

 

[finn]

Lows of 16 and highs of 27 won't be needing the goretex jacket then!

 

[bandit]

Be good if we had a bit of rain to damp the dust down

 

[Greg Masters]

the van (aspiring + MrTickle) left at 4am this morning.

Van just passed by Bordeaux. Just 760 miles to run ....

 

[Greg Masters]

Van now in Spain.

up:

 

[bandit]

Spain

Im in cuenca. Tucking into lamb and red wine in cuenca